Anio

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See also: anió and ânio

Latin

The river in Subiaco

Etymology

Believed to originate from the name of an Etruscan king, who drowned in the river while trying to cross it on his horse during a storm to get to his kidnapped daughter. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aniō m sg (genitive Aniēnis); third declension

  1. The river Aniene, that flows in Latium.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Aniō
genitive Aniēnis
dative Aniēnī
accusative Aniēnem
ablative Aniēne
vocative Aniō

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: Aniene

References

  • “Anio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Anio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Anio”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “Anio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Anio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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